The hall of the inn is simply furnished, but there is no lack of atmosphere. On the left side of the entrance www.biquge.info the door is a slightly curved counter made of solid wood, in which there are always three men who greet guests coming in and out day and night, and next to the counter stands a column-shaped lamp holder with a tripod-shaped lamp trough on it. At this time, the wicks on all sides of the square tripod have been lit, and the lights will illuminate the area around the counter, like the day.

And the same style of lampholders as the pillar-shaped lampholders on the side of the counter, there are four lampholders in the whole large living room, and the four lampholders are arranged in a row, dividing the whole Dacheng in two, and the last one is about five steps away from the opposite wall. Between this distance, a row of high-backed wooden chairs and coffee tables are placed next to the wall, which is a special place for visitors to have a meeting.

When Hong Kuan walked down the spiral staircase step by step, he saw a middle-aged man in a blue robe sitting on a chair at the base of the wall over there. In the light, this man has a ruddy complexion, small eyes, and short, sparse eyebrows, and a simple expression, but in fact his heart is more shrewd than anyone else.

He was immersed in his own thoughts, and did not notice that Hong Kuan, who had come down the stairs, was looking at him, but Hong Kuan felt ten thousand unhappy in his heart, because they had dealt with him once five years ago, and had done a deal.

Five years ago, Xinyang Maojian tea, which was supplied to Jiangnan, was resold by this person. However, in the huge transaction he made with Hong Kuan, one was that the price was very aggressive, and when the transaction was successful, Hong Kuan found that the Xinyang Maojian tea he gave was actually an old product from Chen Cang. In this way, it is equivalent to Hong Kuan used double the price to buy back a batch of his old tea.

This incident made Hong Kuan very angry, and from that year onwards, he severed all business contacts with this man, and not only that, but also blocked all his business transactions in Jiangnan and other counties. so that his business everywhere has no place to stand. Therefore, now he can only occupy the local territory of Phoenix City and do some land business.

And now, Hong Kuan, the big shopkeeper of the Hong family in Jiangnan, never thought that he would know that he had come to their Phoenix City, and he still came to visit him at the inn where he was staying. This makes Hong Kuan have to treat him with a cautious attitude, after all, now that he has come to other people's territory, anything, as the so-called not looking at the face of the monk and looking at the face of the Buddha, you still have to think twice!

It wasn't until Hong Kuan walked down the stairs and bypassed the pillar-shaped lampstand that the middle-aged man sitting on the chair suddenly realized, "Oh, the shopkeeper Hong has been looking up for a long time!" The man hurriedly stood up from the chair, bowed to Hong Kuan and said, "You came to Phoenix, and you didn't say hello to the little brother, and the little brother should go to the ferry to welcome your big driver!"

"Shopkeeper Zhou, you're polite!" Hong Kuan, the big shopkeeper of the Hong family in Jiangnan, with a faint smile, looked at him and arched his hand, and went to sit down on the empty chair on his left and said, "I came to Phoenix City this time, and I didn't have anything to do, so I just took the clumsy Jing out to relax and see the scenery of Phoenix Ancient City." ”

Zhou Ping narrowed his eyes, looked at him with a smile and said: "That Hong Da shopkeeper has come to the right place, our Phoenix City has beautiful mountains and rivers, outstanding people, and it is indeed a good place for sightseeing." Ming'er, the younger brother set aside a day to accompany the eldest ...... (He was supposed to call Hong Kuan as the eldest brother, but he felt too abrupt, so the shopkeeper and his sister-in-law. ”

And Hong Kuan really didn't want to say anything more to him, but he was surprised that he knew about his arrival in Phoenix City so quickly. Therefore, he asked, "Shopkeeper Zhou, how did you know that I had arrived in Phoenix City and that I lived in the Splendid Inn?" he looked at him with a solemn expression.

Zhou Ping narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "It's just a coincidence, it's just a coincidence!"

"It's just a coincidence!" Hong Kuan, the big shopkeeper of the Hong family in Jiangnan, propped his elbow on the coffee table between him. Turning his head sideways, leaning over, looking at him hesitantly asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhou Ping burst out laughing, revealing his buckteeth, which in the bright light made it clear that the corners formed between his buckteeth and the flat teeth around him concealed years of swag, and at the same time, his explosive and sudden laughter also startled the three innkeepers sitting at the counter opposite, so they all looked at this side in surprise.

"Don't tell the big brother!" this time, he called out the title neatly, but still squinted his eyes and smiled, revealing the sharp buckteeth of his thin upper lip, and he said, "In the afternoon, the eldest brother flashed in front of my teahouse with a few friends and a carriage. It just so happened that the younger brother was talking to a businessman next door at the door of the teahouse, so the younger brother knew that the eldest brother had come to Phoenix. Oh, this is really the fate of our brothers!" He rubbed his hands together, as if he was ready to grasp the mutton.

Hong Kuan became more and more disgusted with him, but he still smiled faintly at him and nodded, "Oh......! I see!" he thought he should ask how he was doing. However, in the end, he dispelled this idea, and asked him the purpose of coming here bluntly, "Shopkeeper Zhou, it's so late, there is Lao Zunbu, don't you know what to do with me?"

Zhou Ping laughed, but in the laughter, he stared at Hong Kuan's face tightly, trying to peek into the secret of his heart, "That's the case, Brother Hong!" he said, "The younger brother plans to take a day out tomorrow to accompany you and your sister-in-law everywhere ......."

Before he could finish speaking, Hong Kuan, the big shopkeeper of the Hong family in Jiangnan, interrupted him, "Shopkeeper Zhou, let's talk straight! After all, it's not too early, I've been running for a day, and I'm already feeling very sleepy." ”

Hearing him say this, Zhou Ping immediately stopped laughing, and his face suddenly calmed down, just like someone who had never laughed, his expression was solemn, "It's such a shopkeeper Hong," he said, "It is said that you Jiangnan is rich in rouge gouache and all kinds of exquisite ornaments, but these things can be transported to a secluded place like our Phoenix City, after all, there are very few." ”

At this time, he looked at Hong Kuan's somewhat impatient face again, and then continued: "And the junior brother also heard that if you want to go to Jiangnan to sell these things, if you don't get your permission from the big shopkeeper of the Hong family in Jiangnan, or a piece of paper stamped with your consent to purchase items and seals, even if you go to Jiangnan, don't want to buy anything." Therefore......"

"So you want me to set up a note for you, stamp a red seal, and agree that you will go to our Jiangnan to sell goods!" Hong Kuan looked at and said solemnly.

"Hey, yes, yes, that's what it means!" he said with a smile on his face.

"You want to be beautiful, but there is no door!" Hong Kuan's face was as pale as iron.

Suddenly, Zhou Ping's face was like a slap in the face, and it became very difficult to look.

At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside, and there were more than a few horses, not only a dozen horses, but more than two dozen horses and two dozen swordsmen on horseback. Their horse-riding skills were first-rate, and they roared from the road, rushed to the courtyard of the Splendid Inn, and urgently reined in their horses, so that they could not bear to sit down on their horses, and with a very helpless emotion, they raised their front hooves and neighed in the air.

In the neighing of the fierce horses, the people on the horses turned over and swept over, and then fell to the ground lightly, and then a few little brothers came up from behind, took the reins from the hands of the first few big brothers, and tied their horses one by one on the tying stakes near the river on the left side of the Splendid Inn.

Walking in front, wearing a collar mink coat turned out to be a hunchback, his hunchback is a little special, completely concentrated on the back of about five inches below the right shoulder, where it is like a round iron ball covering his collar mink coat, is his body in the heart of the dilemma of bending over and bending back.

Not only that, but he had to reluctantly lift his wrinkled face half to the right in order to greet the movement in front of him, and his expression was pained, but he looked at people with anger, as if this fundamental problem on his back had been imposed on him by everyone who had seen him. Therefore, it makes people feel that he is fierce and cruel.

And in fact, it was true, when he was seen that he was carrying about twenty men with knives and guns, and dressed in all sorts of clothes, he broke into the door of the inn in a menacing manner, and the three men at the counter of the inn immediately turned pale and trembled. That look was as scary as seeing a ghost in the dark.

This camel who took the lead in the front, his name is Long Fei, and the locals call him the leader of the Dragon Gang. Because he also had dozens of men under him, who often came and went in the mountains and in the city, and did all kinds of evil. The gang he will lead calls himself the "Celestial Dragon Gang" and describes himself as the "Celestial Dragon Gang Leader"!